Investors / First Spark Ventures / Compare with Mercuri
First Spark Ventures vs Mercuri
First Spark Ventures lists 24 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Mercuri lists 56 companies and has joined 8 rounds. First Spark Ventures comes in most often at Seed (40% of its entries), Mercuri comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Simulon.
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| First Spark Ventures | Mercuri | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 24 | 56 |
| Funding rounds joined | 5 | 8 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 2 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 5 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageFirst Spark VenturesMercuri
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| First Spark Ventures | Mercuri | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 40% | 67% |
| Series A | 40% | 33% |
| Series B | 20% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFirst Spark VenturesMercuri
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| First Spark Ventures | Mercuri | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 37% | 25% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 34% | 0% |
| Media & Entertainment | 3% | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 0% | 16% |
| Education | 0% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare First Spark Ventures and Mercuri as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/firstsparkventures.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/mercuri.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstsparkventures.com/coinvestors